Two policemen were killed and two others injured when a gang of criminals opened fire in Telangana's Nalgonda district in the early hours of Thursday, police said. Those killed have been identified as constable Lingaiah (36) and home guard Mahesh (35). The incident occurred just after midnight when policemen were checking a few buses at a bus station at Suryapet in Nalgonda district, about 130 km from here. Two suspects who were being questioned by police

Left fuming after he was denied the honour of handing over the World Cup winners' trophy, Mustafa Kamal today resigned as ICC President and launched a scathing attack on the world cricket body's Chairman N Srinivasan, calling him "rotten". I am just sending my resignation to the ICC...I was not allowed to work in line with the ICC constitution and I cannot work with them beyond the ICC constitution," he told a crowded press conference at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here today. Kamal was livid at not being given the opportunity to

Oil retailers Wednesday lowered the prices of petrol by Rs.0.49 per litre and diesel by Rs.1.21 per litre following a fall in the prices of global crude oil. With this change, the price of Petrol in the national capital will ease to Rs.60 per litre, while Diesel will cost Rs.48.50 per litre. Prices of petrol and diesel were last revised on March 1. Since then, the international prices of both Petrol and Diesel have declined," said the top refiner-cum-retailer Indian Oil Corp. The rupee-dollar exchange rate has, however, depreciated

In a relief to former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the summons issued by a special court in connection with the allocation of 15 percent share in the Talabira II coal block to Kumarmangalam Birla owned Hindalco. The apex court bench of Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Justice C. Nagappan stayed the summons by the special court holding trial of coal scam cases as senior counsel Kapil Sibal questioning the March 11 order summoning Manmohan Singh asked where was the act of illegallity. While staying the summons i